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Tag: Simone de beauvoir

A Thousand Forbidden Joys

“Because she is woman, the girl knows that the sea and the poles, a thousand adventures, a thousand joys, are forbidden to her: she is born on the wrong side.”

— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

Format QuotePosted on August 27, 2021October 3, 2021Categories CommonplaceTags Feminism, Sexism, Simone de beauvoir, Womanism, WomenLeave a comment on A Thousand Forbidden Joys

Man is Defined

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female—whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.”

— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

Format StatusPosted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020Categories CommonplaceTags Feminism, Feminist, Feminist friday, Misogyny, Quote, Sexism, Simone de beauvoir, WomanismLeave a comment on Man is Defined

Simone de Beauvoir on Becoming a Woman

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

Format StatusPosted on March 6, 2020April 14, 2020Categories CommonplaceTags Becoming, Feminism, Feminist, Quote, Quoted, Simone de beauvoir, The second sex, Womanism, WomenLeave a comment on Simone de Beauvoir on Becoming a Woman
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